China Glaze Fairy Dust vs. OPI Yule Love This Silver

A reader (Miss Intensity Nails, to be exact) commented on my last post, asking if I could shed some light on the difference between China Glaze - Fairy Dust and OPI - Yule Love This Silver.
The two bottles were nearby so instead of just telling her, I thought I would show her!

(Posted this nice bottle shot on my Instagram.)

These are both clear holographic topcoats with very fine silver holo glitter. What's the difference?

One is much more dense than the other. That's the OPI ont he left and CG on the right.
Yule Love This Silver is more glitter-packed than Fairy Dust.

Shown is just one coat of each over the color I was already sportin', China Glaze - Shell-O from the new Sunsational collection for summer. I bought all 12 of those babies and I can't wait to show them all off to you guys!

Probably a neon wasn't the best color to do this comparison on, but hey, work with what ya got.
Both these topcoats are very sparkly and add that extra oomph to any mani, but I prefer the OPI just because it has more glitter and is more sparkly!
But the CG is nice for when you're looking for a more subtle touch of glitter.

I hope this comparison did the trick :)

i lily love this polish

Hola!

I've posted about OPI's I Lily Love You before, but here's another post because it's so great.

This time, I've layered it over OPI - Pink Friday, and I added OPI - Yule Love This Silver on top for a little added sparkle.

Pink and sparkly nails can always cheer me up!

Aaaaand don't forget to follow me on Instagram where I posted a nice bottle pic while I was doing this mani.

Have a great day!

spongey springy mani

I liked the new Essie spring polishes so much that I wore two manis with them in one week! That's craziness.

I decided again that I wanted to wear all four colors at once. So I did this sponged/blotted look! (With glitter on top, of course.)

To get this look, I started by painting all of my nails with Essie - Bond With Whomever, the darker of the two purples.
Once that was dry, I added a coat of Essie - Avenue Maintain (blue) and then quickly I blotted most of it off with a balled-up tissue. This removes most of the wet polish but leaves some in a cool textured pattern. And the results are different every time!
I then did the same thing with Essie - Go Ginza (lighter purple) and Essie - Madison Ave-hue (pink.)

On top of all that, I added Sonoma Nail Art - Wine Country Wedding, a really cool white glitter.

It looks a little bit acid-trippy, right? Haha! I'm loving it!
I got a ton of compliments on these nails, too. What do you guys think?

stamping FAQ has been updated!

Hi everyone! I kinda took a week off from my blog last week... Not sure why but I just did. Perhaps it will motivate me to post more this week!

I realized that my Stamping FAQ post needed some serious updating so I've just done that and then updated my other pages as well. And then I reverted back to my old blog template because I missed it!

As well, I added a link to my Instagram because I love that shiz.
Aaaaand just so this post is not photo-free, here's a picture from my IG. I've been crocheting a lot lately...

I crocheted this My Little Pony!! Princess Sparkle. Isn't she adorable? I made her for my friend Staci and it was really hard to give her away... Perhaps I should make my own!

Now... to write some nail posts. Have a great day!

Essie Madison Ave-hue Skitttles

Happy Sunday!

The other day I popped into one of my favorite places - Winners.
Waiting for me on the shelf was this!

A mini color cube of Essie's spring collection, Madison Ave-hue! I was so excited because I love Essie but since my pro supply store stopped carrying it, I can't bring myself to pay the crazy price for it at drugstores.

Before I show you the colors, I'm going to rant about the name. HA.
Ave-hue? AVE-HUE?! Did you sneeze?! AVE-HUEEE!!!

Why isn't it called Aven-hue? Avenue, aven-hue. It sounds better. It makes more sense. Why did no one in the naming department think of this? Perhaps I should be a nail polish namer.

I couldn't decide which color I wanted to use first so I wore them all. Yay for skittles!

Essie - Go Ginza (pinky) is a very light lilac creme. Great formula, just two coats for full coverage.

Essie - Madison Ave-hue (ring) is a nice medium pink with great shimmer, like a pink version of Smooth Sailing but a little less shimmery. The formula is wonderful! 2 coats.

Essie - Avenue Maintain (middle) is a medium blue creme. I think there miiiight be some shimmer in there but I'm not sure - if there is, it is super faint. 2 coats!

Essie - Bond With Whomever (index) is another light lilac, but not as light as the previous. Again the formula is wonderful, only needs two coats!

This collection also includes a red and a light green-gray, but they're not in the mini set, and I don't really like them anyway, so that works out.

l love wearing skittles! And I'm totally adoring my new rings so I had to show them off. (You may have already seen one on my Instagram!)
If you're interested, the midi ring is from Urban Outfitters and the other is from Forever 21.

What do you guys think of this Essie collection? I think the colors work well together and make a great spring collection and I look forward to doing more looks with them!